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Ajith Nair, MD, Cardiology, Houston, TX, St. Luke's Health - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

AjithPNairMDFACC FAHA

Cardiology Houston, TX

Heart Failure & Transplantation

Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

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Summary

  • I am board certified in Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant. Currently I serve as the Director of the Heart Failure Clinic at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center and Assistant Director of the Advanced Heart Failure fellowship program. My clinic interests include advanced heart failure and cardiac transplant, diastolic dysfunction, valvular heart disease, exercise physiology and pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Education & Training

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2008 - 2009
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2005 - 2008
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2005
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 2001
  • University of Texas at Austin
    University of Texas at AustinBS, Biochemistry

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2014 - 2024
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2003 - 2018
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2008 - 2008
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Super Doctor Texas Monthly, 2022
  • Houston Top Doctors Houstonia Magazine, 2019-2020
  • Star Award for Clinical Excellence Baylor College of Medicine, 2018
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Anticoagulation in Heart Failure: Who, When and Why  
    Nair AP, Sealove B, Halperin, J, Webber G, Fuster V, Eur Heart J Suppl, 2006

Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Greater Burden of Biventricular Dysfunction in Female Recipients of Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Devices
    Lamba H, Kherallah RY, Kassi M, Delgado R, Mattar A, Nair A, Chatterjee S, Shafii A, Loor G, Rogers J, Civitello A, Liao K, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Denver, CO, 4/2023
  • Sex Disparities in the Use of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support for Nonischemic-Cardiogenic Shock
    Bhardwaj A, Rajapreyar I, Kumar S, Nair A, Brailovsky Y, Pirlamarla P, Baran D, International Society of Heart Lung Transplant, Denver, CO, 4/2023
  • Extended Impella 5.0 and 5.5 Microaxillary Left Ventricular Mechanical Circulatory Support for Cardiogenic Shock
    Lamba H, Ali H, Delgado ME, Walther C, Nordick K, Shafii A, Chatterjee S, Nair A, Simpson L, Liao K, Civitello A, International Society of Heart Lung Transplant, Denver, CO, 4/2023
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Lectures

  • Treatment Strategies for the Right Heart in Pulmonary Hypertension: Which Therapies, in Whom and When? 
    2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/16/2019

Press Mentions

  • New Implantable Device Treats Heart Failure
    New Implantable Device Treats Heart FailureDecember 4th, 2020
  • HF Admissions Spike in Step with Flu
    HF Admissions Spike in Step with FluMarch 28th, 2019
  • Potassium Supplements May Help Some Heart Failure Patients - US News
    Potassium Supplements May Help Some Heart Failure Patients - US NewsJuly 16th, 2014

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Hospital Affiliations